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Stonehenge Technology Labs wants consumer packaged goods companies to gain meaningful use from all of the data they collect. Continue reading Stonehenge Technology Labs bags $2M, gives CPG companies one-touch access to metrics
Enterprise barcode scanner company Scandit has closed an $80 million Series C round, led by Silicon Valley VC firm G2VP. Atomico, GV, Kreos, NGP Capital, Salesforce Ventures and Swisscom Ventures also participated in the round — which brings its total raised to date to $123M. The Zurich-based firm offers a platform that combines computer vision […] Continue reading Scandit raises $80M as COVID-19 drives demand for contactless deliveries
The CEO of an Arkansas telemarketing firm is blaming a ransomware attack for her decision to temporarily shut the company’s doors and leave workers unsure of their employment status just days before Christmas. Sandra Franecke, in a letter to employees of The Heritage Company, said the business, which solicits money on behalf of nonprofit clients, was infected with malicious software about two months ago. Hackers “basically ‘held us hostage for ransom’ and we were forced to pay the crooks to get the ‘key’ just to get our systems back up and running,” Franecke said in a letter obtained by KATV, the local ABC affiliate. Company IT staffers have been working in the time since to restore normal operations “but they still have a long way to go,” Franecke noted, without detailing the reason for the two-month notification delay or providing any information about the attack or the strain of malware. […]
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In areas where abortion access is under threat, misleading or wrong results are common, a VICE News analysis found. Continue reading Google Maps Is Still Directing Women Seeking Abortions to Pro-Life Clinics — and a Memorial for the ‘Unborn’
For several years, a nationwide voter-fraud prevention coalition has been using poor security methods in sending and storing millions of voter registration records, according to an advocacy group’s examination of official emails pertaining to the program. Officials running the Interstate Voter Registration Crosscheck Program have been using email to send state election officials usernames, passwords and decryption codes for databases containing records of all voters in about 30 states, reports Indivisible Chicago, a nonprofit progressive advocacy group. The states participating in Crosscheck — which originated in the office of Kansas’ secretary of state more than a decade ago — use the program to cross-reference voter registration records and determine whether individuals are registered in multiple states. Indivisible Chicago, which has been leading a campaign to end Crosscheck, found that the voter records shared by the program are hosted on an insecure server and that login credentials are sent in plain text in emails to […]
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It stands for a new way forward in mobility. Also–the name of a workout in Arkansas. Continue reading Google’s Self-Driving Cars Have a New Name: ‘Waymo’
Nothing breeds success like success. Continue reading FBI already called in to unlock another murder case iPhone